"We must be ready to dare all for our country. For history does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid. We must acquire proficiency in defense and display stamina in purpose." - President Eisenhower, First Inaugural Address

The crew of the Danish ship MV Danica Sunrise, which was moving towards the Mumbai coast and captured by the Indian security agencies on Sunday admitted that it was carrying AK-47 assault rifles and ship sinking pistols on-board.

Information and confirmation to this effect was made by a senior coast guard officer that,“The crew members have confessed that they had two AK-47 rifles and two ship drowning pistols when they started sailing from Egypt, they had bought the fire arms from the open market there and they had receipts for the same. They sailed from Egypt to Kuwait and then sailed towards India where they said they had decided to wait for a few days and get in touch with local agents to see if they could get them any cargo.”
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It is to mention that arrested eight crew of captured Danish ship MV Danica Sunrise included the two retired Royal Army soldiers working as security guards identified as Christopher Johnson and Steven Michael.

OK, I'll bite: what the heck is a "ship drowning pistol"? And where can I get one?Second question: did anyone think to check these guys for the idea that they might just be trying to protect themselves from piracy? Pirates in the Indian Ocean? Nah.

No, it's a "ship drowning pistol," not a ship sinking pistol. It's obvious that India is backpedaling on this now, in order that we won't get too curious about their new anti-ship weapon, the ship drowning pistol.

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